Report: The Bible Is False - No Evidence For Creation, Adam, Eve. What Happens to Your Brain When You Stop Believing in God - Tonic. My belief in God didn't spontaneously combust—it faded.
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Obama Signs New Law Giving Protection To Atheists - Progressive Secular Humanist. This Short Animation Will Make You Quit Your Job. Screencaps via.
Evolution, Creationism, Intelligent Design. Next, we'd like to ask about your views on two different explanations for the origin and development of life on earth.
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Lawmakers Find a Multi-Million-Dollar Way to 'Legally' Defund Planned Parenthood. Last week, Missouri passed a $27-million-dollar budget, and of those funds, a grand total of zero dollars are going to Planned Parenthood because the organization provides abortion services.
Following the actions of 24 states that have sought to defund Planned Parenthood and make women's access to abortion care impossible, Missouri's 2017 budget stamps out federal funding to the health provider. The state rejected more than $8.3 million in federal Medicaid funding for family planning and reproductive health and instead allocated money from Missouri's general revenues for those services, according to the Associated Press. That money, Missouri's legislature made clear, cannot go to organizations that provide abortions. In other words, the state spent millions of taxpayer dollars to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The man behind the green beer and myth. Another misguided believer claims that science is based on faith.
I guess it was too much for me to hope that my 2013 Slate essay, “No faith in science,” would once and for all dispel the claim that science is just like religion in depending on faith.
My point was simple: what “faith” means in science is “confidence based on experience,” while the same term in religion means “belief without enough evidence to convince most rational people.” Disbelieve it or not, ancient history suggests that atheism is as natural to humans as religion. Despite being written out of large parts of history, atheists thrived in the polytheistic societies of the ancient world – raising considerable doubts about whether humans really are “wired” for religion – a new study suggests.
The claim is the central proposition of a new book by Tim Whitmarsh, Professor of Greek Culture and a Fellow of St John’s College, University of Cambridge. In it, he suggests that atheism – which is typically seen as a modern phenomenon – was not just common in ancient Greece and pre-Christian Rome, but probably flourished more in those societies than in most civilisations since.
As a result, the study challenges two assumptions that prop up current debates between atheists and believers: Firstly, the idea that atheism is a modern point of view, and second, the idea of “religious universalism” – that humans are naturally predisposed, or “wired”, to believe in gods. How the Satanic Temple forced Phoenix lawmakers to ban public prayer. For weeks now, Phoenix lawmakers have wrestled with the idea of allowing members of a Satanic group to give the invocation before an upcoming city meeting.
Phoenix City Council members arrived Wednesday at a controversial solution: Banning prayer altogether. Religious countries are more unhappy. Six days ago, I wrote about some data (presented by the Telegraph and Christian Today) showing the degree of religiosity among various countries in the world—the proportion of inhabitants who agreed that “religion was very important in their lives.” A subjective look at the rankings suggested that the most religious countries were also the least well off. That impression is statistically supported by Greg Paul’s observation of a negative correlation between religiosity and well being, the latter quantified by using the “Successful Societies Scale.” In short, countries having more successful societies are, on average, also those that are less religious. 'Pastafarian' wins right to wear colander in driving licence photo.
How the Bible Condones Terrorism. Islamists aren’t the only ones with instructions for terrorism in their holy book. George Takei on How Kim Davis Violated the First Amendment. The 12 worst ideas religion has unleashed on the world. Son of a bigot. Healthy Perspective: The latest health & wellness news with a dose of conversation. Your Friday morning health roundup: The U.S. health care system wastes $750 billion a year, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.By KAREN BLEIER, AFP/Getty ImagesHealth care waste: The U.S. health care system wastes $750 billion a year on unneeded care, useless paperwork, fraud and other failures and could make changes that would both save money and improve health, says a report from the Institute of Medicine.
All the Single Ladies. How to suck at your religion. Pope Francis says Big Bang theory does not contradict role of God. Atheist's View On Life Could Make Anyone Cry. 4 Minutes In, The Interviewer Almost Gets Choked Up. Atheists Face Discrimination On A Shocking Level (INFOGRAPHIC) It’s okay to marry a Republican or Democrat, just not an atheist. Heaven is for neuroscience: How the brain creates visions of God. Apollonius of Tyana. The problem I have with religion version 2.0.
Is The Internet Killing Religion In America? Brain Activity Shows Basis of Near-Death 'Light' There may be a scientific explanation for the vivid near-death experiences, such as seeing a shining light, that some people report after surviving a heart attack, US scientists said Monday. Apparently, the brain keeps on working for up to 30 seconds after blood flow stops, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Train kills 37 pilgrims in eastern India. Researchers Aggregate 63 Studies and Find ‘Significant Negative Association Between Intelligence and Religiosity’ Pakistan's Malala, shot by Taliban, takes education plea to U.N. Respecting religion. Religious Differences. Religion. This is a good analogy for religion. U6zu3Xs.jpg (806×704) The Skeptic's Annotated Bible (book) 8202471945_bf8862b0a6.jpg (500×400) It all makes sense now. Usury. Usury (/ˈjuːʒəri/[1][2]) is the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans intended to unfairly enrich the lender.
A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors, but according to some dictionaries, simply charging any interest at all can be considered usury.[3][4][5] Someone who charges usury can be called an usurer, but the more common term in English is loan shark. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense where interest rates may be regulated by law. 9D47l.jpg (720×453) L5UFn.jpg (720×360) How to suck at your religion. Faith leaders across England in 'HIV healing' claims.
959eb.jpg (2560×1600) Boy Scouts of America membership controversies. Dude it is a square...I see what you did there! Near Death Experiences. Religion riskier than porn for online viruses: study. When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts. EyJsg.jpg (JPEG Image, 540 × 720 pixels) ‘Personhood’ Agenda is Theocracy. World Publics Welcome Global Trade — But Not Immigration. It's only a story.. Senate panel OKs creationism teaching bill. Explaining Radiometric Dating. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: Leave Religion Out Of Michigan's Anti-Bullying Bill. Carlin on Religion. The Vatican claims Darwin's theory of evolution is compatible with Christianity.
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